Shelving



June 24, 1930. S 1,765,888

SHELVING Filed Sept. 27, 1928 2 Sheets-She et 1 J. D. SMID June 24, 1930.

SHELVING Filed Sept. 27, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 24, 1930 ."ronn n. sMID, on wicmm xmrs I V Application filed septemb'e r 27, 192 8. S eiiaI N' oi out This invention aims to provide a shelving which can be taken down" and set up readily, 'it being possible to extend the shelving as far as occasion may demand.

It is within the province-of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the inventlon appertains. 7

With the above, and other objectsin view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention residesin the combination and arrangement of parts'and in the supplied. F'Each shelf '14 is made up of-a' pluralitygof strips 15 disposed edge" to edge,

details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it beingfunderstood that changes in. the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made i within the ,scop'e ofwhat is claimed, withtiony a c v In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows an elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the invention Figure 2 is a top plan;

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3--3 of Figure 1;

Figure Figure 1; v

Figure 5 is a "horizontal section taken through one of the top rails,- parts being bro- 4 is a sectionon the line 4-4 of ken away Figure .6 is-a composite fperspective' view illustrating sundry parts 0 the'shelf, parts being broken away.

The device formlng thesubject matter of this application preferably'is made of metal throughout. It includes standards 1. Each standard l may be made of a bar having lateral extensions '2 connected "by straight arms The bar is bent on itselfas at 4, to form a foot, the arms 3 being brought into contact withleach other, and the extensions 2 being brought 'opposite to eachother to vform seats or openings 5; The arms 3 may bejoined together, if desired, by spot welding, or in any other suitable way;

"Tubular top rails 6 are provided and are supplied in their vundersides with openings 7 through which the upper ends 8 of the standards 9 pass, as shown in. Figure 5, the top rails Greeting on the upper ends of the departing fromthe spirit ofthe inveng vided atftheir endsvwith hooks18thaten-- z j -g On theextreme ou'ter ends} of lle rails (S 9 ayb h ld removably by headed pins lO, or otherwise The top rails G'mayb'e joined 'together by sleeves' ll and f headed pins l2','- removably, asii1di-i cated"inii Figurefi5,.so; that one-bank of shelves may be'con'nectedtoanothenbank o'fi'shelves, as disclosed in Figure- I 1,1 it being possible in this {wayto a provide 'as I long 2a stretch of ny -"desired number of: shelves the strips having" under-lying eyes.16?at their ssi iclsi jThe eyes 16' of the'lseveralstrips in 'each$h1f r lined 11p,'an'd 't he strips 15 are held together by transverse binders 17'1310-1 gage along the e'dges 'of the outermost Strips l i' j-fThe holes 21 the eyes lfiare of about I the'same diameter-"asthe seats or openings 5 -in the* standards 'l. The shelves =14; are

' placed between the-"standards: 1,. the open i n'gsiQ-I in the shelves}: beingalined .WithL-the' seats in the standards 1. Then cr'oss memef jbers or rods 19 are pushed into place-send wisefthe projections 20 being short enough so that this can be done. VVhe'n the weight of the shelves '14, however, comes on the times;

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is V a 1. In a device of the class described, a

shelf made up of like, interchangeablestrips, a located side 'bycside and provided at their ends with eyes, cross members insertable through the eyes and having lateral pro ections at theirends, standards hav ng open ings through which the ends ofthe cross ago 4 shelving as the merchant may -des1-re.f*""

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' members are inserted, the ends of the cross members beingrmovabl'e'transversely in the openings of the standards, to cause the projections to engage iththestandards, the

, "strips havingstheir longitudinal edges in V p V, V I

5 contact, and the eyes being as Wide as the g strips, thereby .to form continuous tubular i 1 i i passages through Which the projections may i move Without catching,-When the cross mem;

' bers" are inserted through the eyes, the

10 openings/of the eyes being of greater'dialme ter than the crossmembers, and of suflicient, I

diameter to permit the passage ofthe pro; jections, and means for holding the strips 'togetherv 1 V r 2.,In a devicev-0fathec1ass "described, a shelf made up of strips locatediside byvside i and provided at their ends with eyes, cross members insertabl'e through the eyes and hetvihgletereli projections at their ends,

standards having openings through which the end'sfofrthe fcross members are inserted,

the endsjyrrof the crossmembers being mov-v able transverse1y= in' the openings of the standard- 10 cause the projections to engage Withthe standerdsflhestrips having their longitudinahedges in Contact, and; the eyes being eswideras the strips, thereby to form i gcontinuous tubular passagesthroughwhich the projections may move;with out catching, when the 'eross'members are insertedthroug'h V V the eyes, the-openings of/the eyes being of i greater diameter than the cross 'vmembers,

and of sufficient diameter to permiththe'. passage of the projections, ,and means for" holding the strips together, said means com- 7 prising binders: extended transversely of the strips on the outer, surface ofthe strip and V supplied with hooks engaged-around the edges of the'outermost strips. I V r i, 7 4p testimonygthat claim the foregoing as (my Wn,;Ii have hereto 'afiixed ,my sig- JOHN- D. SMID.

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